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My Daughter, the Teacher: Jewish Teachers in the New York City Schools » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Ruth Jacknow Markowitz
ISBN-13: 9780813519753, ISBN-10: 0813519756
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Date Published: September 1993
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Ruth Jacknow Markowitz

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1From Mother's Kitchen to Teacher's Desk: Education and Jewish Immigrant Daughters1
2Subway Scholars at Concrete Campuses: Daughters of Jewish Immigrants Prepare for the Teaching Profession18
3Pamphlets, Petitions, and Pickets: The Experience of New York City Women as Student Activists during the Depression Decade40
4Repression and Punishment: The Reaction to Student Activists56
5Examinations, Enunciation, and Endurance: The Ordeal of Obtaining Licenses and Appointments to Teach75
6Inside the School: The Shared Experiences of New York City Teachers93
7A Very Long Day: Teachers' Duties after the Dismissal Bell116
8Profession or Procession?: Schoolteaching and Motherhood132
9Anti-Unionism, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Communism in New York City Schools151
10Afterword173
Notes on Sources177
Notes181
Bibliography205
Index217

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